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The Lord our God said to us at Horeb, “You have stayed long enough at this mountain." Deuteronomy 1:6

Where is Jesus leading you?

​Week 11, Day 2

3/15/2022

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​Week 11, Day 2
March 15, 2022
Scripture: Hebrews 8
 
“This is the covenant I will establish with the house of Israel after that time, declares the Lord. I will put my laws in their minds and write them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people. No longer will they teach their neighbors, or say to one another, ‘Know the Lord,’ because they will all know me, from the least of them to the greatest. For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more.”” (Hebrews 8:10–12, TNIV) 
 
 
One of the great comforting truths of the Bible is that God is interested in our hearts. God forgives our wickedness and remembers our sins no more.
 
This particular passage speaks to the intent of the sermon as a whole. The author is deeply concerned with Christians who are falling away, or perhaps resorting to old methods of seeking forgiveness. They are reminded that this new covenant has come and there is a better way towards forgiveness, Jesus.
 
It is to say, “Why would one resort to the methods and ways of the old covenant when the new and far superior covenant given us in Jesus is offering us forgiveness of sins and a new heart?” We can know God now. In ways that have never before been experienced.
 
While we may not be tempted to fall back into the old covenant, we can still reject a bit of what God is doing for us within the new covenant. We can resort to practices that are of no real benefit to us. How much contrition is enough contrition? What do I need to do to make up for my failures and sins?
These are steps down a path that leads us away from the blessings held out for us in the new covenant.
 
How does one recover from sin? How do we return to God and follow him?
Hebrews encourages us to:
Approach the throne of Grace with Confidence.
Believe in the better sacrifice, that is once and for all.
Let’s remember that it is possible now to know the heart of God. He gives us a new heart, we can know the Lord. So let’s seek him.
Throw of the sin that so easily entangles, and trust in Christ.
 
Praise him for his forgiveness and grace. He remembers your sins no more.
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